For Business and Pleasure Red-Light Districts and the Regulation of Vice in the United States, 1890-1933 |
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Author:
| Keire, Mara Laura |
Series title: | Studies in Industry and Society Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8018-9413-8 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2010 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Mara L. Keire's history of red-light districts in the United States offers readers a fascinating survey of the business of pleasure from the 1890s through the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. Anti-vice reformers in the late nineteenth century accepted that complete eradication of disreputable pleasure was impossible. Seeking a way to regulate rather ......
Mara L. Keire's history of red-light districts in the United States offers readers a fascinating survey of the business of pleasure from the 1890s through the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. Anti-vice reformers in the late nineteenth century accepted that complete eradication of disreputable pleasure was impossible. Seeking a way to regulate rather ......